When private detective Phil Pfeiffer opened his door to a late-night visitor, the haunting dream borne of a Bahamian prison walked back into his mundane existence. She had stolen his breath at poolside and in some way, his life as well. Now, she needed protection from a mobster ex-boyfriend. Her distress overcame his better judgment as he agreed to help one last time. After a wild west shootout that left him more confused than hurt, he found himself standing alone at the junction of yet another crossroad. Before the day is out, Pfeiffer must weigh his own life against that of the villain. In the end, he must take both.
Grievously injured in the high-stakes game of counterterrorism, ex-Army Ranger Phil Pfeiffer now limits his practice to bail skips and cheating spouses. That was the plan, anyway. When a lovely widow turns his head, he agrees to find her missing husband, dead or alive. A Mexican death certificate proves unconvincing after she sees a familiar profile in a national magazine. Was this an inconvenient doppelganger or simply a blunder in the chaotic world of the free, fake, and phony?
Adam Michaels is no James Bond. Once a young ivy league and notorious playboy, Michaels inexplicably quits the club circuit and joins the army. Not too many years later, he finds himself a scapegoat when America suffers its single worst defeat in her longest war. Relegated to the Pentagon's political backwaters, Michaels' life takes an unexpected turn. A terrorist captive claims a decade old shipping accident had actually been sabotage. All the crew had died without even a call for help. The target, a sophisticated weapons system of a DARPA research project team had been headed by the one-time shining star, Adam Michaels. Radical Islamic terrorists theorize Michaels may be the only one able to thwart their evil plans and set out to end his life. In a heart-pounding, high octane race with radical Islamic domination, Michaels finds himself the final hurdle to prevent the end of western civilization.
